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   How did Thiel start PayPal?

   • In 1998 Thiel and several others cofounded Confinity, which was designed to handle payments between Palm Pilots. The following year it merged with Elon Musk’s X.com, and PayPal was created, with Thiel becoming its CEO and chairman. Designed to create “a new world currency,” the e-commerce company specialized in Internet money transfers.

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   What did Peter Thiel say about payments?

   • You go back, and you read the things that Peter Thiel was telling people in the late '90s. You know, payments at the time, they were pretty common. There were - everybody kind of knew that, you know, you were going to move money around on the internet. Thiel talks about payments as a vector for freedom.

   'The Contrarian' Profiles Peter Thiel, PayPal Co-Founder And Political

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   Is Peter Thiel buying bitcoin?

   • "Bitcoin rises after report says early Facebook investor Peter Thiel is buying massive amounts". CNBC. Archived from the original on 9 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018. ^ Hill, Kashmir (18 January 2020). "The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.

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   Did Peter Thiel raise $2 million for e-books?

   • "Booktrack Raises $2 Million From Peter Thiel, Park Road, And Others To Add Soundtracks To E-books". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2023. ^ Hsu, Tiffany (20 June 2012). "Facebook investor Peter Thiel opens Mithril venture capital fund". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013.

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Peter_ThielPeter Thiel - Wikipedia

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   Peter Andreas Thiel (/ t iː l /; born 11 October 1967) is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political activist. A co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, he was the first outside investor in Facebook.

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   May 14, 2024 · Peter Thiel (born October 11, 1967, Frankfurt am Main, West Germany) is a German American entrepreneur, venture capitalist and business executive who helped found PayPal, an e-commerce company, and Palantir Technologies, a software firm involved in data analysis.

4. www.propublica.org › article › lord-of-the-roths-howLord of the Roths: How Tech Mogul Peter Thiel Turned a ...

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   Jun 24, 2021 · Billionaire Peter Thiel, a founder of PayPal, has publicly condemned “confiscatory taxes.” He’s been a major funder of one of the most prominent anti-tax political action committees in the ...

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   3 days ago · PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel remains a general partner of venture capital firm Founders Fund, where he is involved in firm strategy and weighs in on its large investments. Among its...

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   Sep 21, 2021 · He co-founded PayPal, made a fortune running a hedge fund and was an early investor in Facebook, where he still serves on the board of directors. He's also a libertarian conservative who broke...

8. www.newyorker.com › what-is-it-about-peter-thielWhat Is It About Peter Thiel? | The New Yorker

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   Oct 27, 2021 · A billionaire several times over, Thiel was a co-founder of PayPal, the digital-payment service, and the first outside investor in Facebook. He went on to co-found Palantir, the...

9. www.washingtonpost.com › 02 › 09Who is Peter Thiel? - The Washington Post

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   Feb 9, 2022 · Who is Peter Thiel, the tech billionaire trying to push the U.S. to the right? He founded PayPal and helped fund Facebook. Now he’s focusing on electing right-wing politicians.